I-Rhyolite Ghost Town

01 ngo-08

I-Rhyolite Ghost Town Iyingqayizivele

I-Rhyolite yazalwa ngesivinini segolide. Kwenzeke lapho uShorty Harris no-Ed Cross beshaya igolide ngo-Agasti 1904, eNtshonalanga yeBullfrog entshonalanga yeCreat Valley.

Omunye wamadolobha awakhuphuka ngemva kwesiteleka abizwa ngokuthi iRhyolite, ebizwa ngokuthi idwala eliyingqayizivele lendawo.

I-Rhyolite yakhula uma nje igolide iphuma, kusukela ngo-1905 kuya ku-1910. Ngesikhathi sayo, i-Rhyolite yayinemigqa emithathu yezitimela, amaphephandaba amathathu, amachibi amathathu okubhukuda, izibhedlela ezintathu, abahlinzeki ababili, i-opera, ne-symphony nama-53 saloons.

Ngonyaka ka-1914, iRhyolite yayilokhu iyancipha futhi ngo-1919, kwakuyidolobha eliyihlane elilahlekile. Umhlali walo wokugcina washona ngo-1924.

Eyingqayizivele emadolobheni amaminithi, i-Rhyolite yayinezakhiwo eziningi ezenziwe ngezinto ezihlala njalo kunezingubo zangasese nezinkuni, ngakho-ke kukhona okungaphezulu kokubona kunezinye izindawo eziningi zegolide ezisekuqaleni kwalesi sezwe.

Ukufinyelela ku-Rhyolite

Ukuze ufike eRhyolite kusuka e-Death Valley, vula empumalanga nge-Hwy 190 cishe ngamamayela angu-19 enyakatho yeFurnace Creek ku-Roadlight Pass Road. Kusuka lapho, kungamamitha angaba ngu-20. Jikela ngakwesokunxele ngesibonakaliso se-Rhyolite amamayela ambalwa ngemva kokuwela umngcele we-Nevada.

02 ngo-08

I-Bottle House

I-Australian Tom Kelly yakhela ibhodlela lakhe le-Rhyolite ngo-1906.

Lokho kwakungaphambi kokuba isitimela sifike eRhyolite kanye nezinto zokwakha zazingekho. Esikhundleni sokubheka izinkuni ezingenakukwazi ukuthola, uKelly wasebenzisa udaka lwe-adobe ukubamba amabhodlela eglasi angu-50 000 akha indlu yakhe emithathu, ene-L.

03 ngo-08

I-Railroad Depot

I-Las Vegas neToopah Railroad baqala ukuqhuba izitimela ku-Rhyolite ngo-1906. Isiteshi sabo kwakuyisakhiwo sesitayela saseSpain esabiza u-$ 130,000 ukwakha. Ngesinye isikhathi, izinkampani ezintathu zezitimela ezahlukene zafika eRhyolite.

Ngawo-1930, i-depot endala yaba ikasino kanye nebhasi, futhi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi yaba umyuziyamu omncane kanye ne-souvenir shop okwahlala evulekile ema-1970.

04 ngo-08

I-Caboose House

Abantu bazophendulela noma yini endlini ngesikhatsi sokugijima kwegolide, ikakhulukazi uma behlala ehlane lapho izinto zokwakha zingekho. Eqinisweni, ukuxoshwa kwamagesi okuphendukela emakhaya kwakungokuvamile ukubona eNew America's Old West.

Le-caboose-turned-house ihlala ngaphesheya kwesiteshi sesitimela seRhyolite. Yasetshenziswa njengesikhungo segesi ngesikhathi se-Rhyolite's tourism boom ngo-1920.

05 ka-08

Isitolo se-Porter Brothers

Isitolo sesibili abazalwane basePorter bakhelwe lapha, bathengisa izimpahla zokumbiwa, ukudla nokulala. Isakhiwo sasibe namafasitela amakhulu amakhulu eklasini ukuze kube lula abantu ukubona ukuthi babekuthengi. Abafowethu basePorter babeyizinzuzo ezindala ekuthengiseni izinto ngesikhathi segolide. Kanye nomunye eRhyolite, bavula izitolo emadolobheni aseduze aseBallarat, eBetty, nasePhayona.

Njengedolobhana ngokwalo, isitolo se-Porter abafowethu sasisifushane, savula ngo-1902 futhi sivale ngo-1910. Ngemva kwalokho, i-HD Porter yaba umphathi wendawo futhi wahlala edolobheni kuze kube ngo-1919.

06 ka-08

Isikole

Ngo-1907, iRhyolite yayinezakhamuzi ezingaba ngu-4 000. Kwakukhona imigwaqo engokhonkolo, izibani zikagesi, izingcingo zocingo nezethungatha. Esiqongweni sayo, isikole sikaRhyolite sinezingane ezingaphezu kuka-200. Lesi yisikole sesibili esakhiwe e-Rhyolite, esakhiwe ngezindleko zamaRandi angu-20 000 ngo-1909. Kwakukhona uphahla lwama-tile eSpain kanye nensimbi yokubamba.

07 ngo-08

I-Cook Bank

Isakhiwo esikhulu kunazo zonke eRhyolite, isakhiwo seBook Bank sabiza umnikazi wayo $ 90,000 ukwakha.

Kwakuyisakhiwo esikhulu kunazo zonke edolobheni, ezinezigqoko ezimbili, i-marble floor yase-Italy, izinkuni ze-mahogany, izibani zikagesi, amanzi ahambayo, amakholifoni kanye namapayipi angaphakathi. Kwakuyibhizinisi ukuvala ngo-Rhyolite, ukuvala iminyango yalo ngo-1910.

08 ngo-08

I-Goldwell Open Air Museum

Lezi zibalo ezinomzimba ziyingxenye yomyuziyamu wangaphandle oqoshiwe eduze neRhyolite.

I-Goldwell Open Air Museum yaqala ngo-1984 lapho umculi waseBelgium u-Albert Szukalski edala ukufakwa kwesithombe eduze nesiteshini sesitimela esashiyiwe sikaRhyolite. Imidwebo eboniswe ngenhla iqukethe i-ghostly, amafomu okuphila okudala okudalwe ngokudweba i-plaster-igwetshwe kakhulu phezu kwamamodeli abukhoma ayemi ngaphansi kwayo kuze kube yilapho i-plaster yayinzima ngokwanele ukuba ihlale yodwa. Leli lungiselelo lisikhumbuza Isidlo Sokugcina sikaLeonardo da Vinci.

U-Szukalski naye wadala umsebenzi okuthiwa i-Ghost Rider, enesibalo esifanayo esilungele ukukhweza ibhayisikili. Abanye abaculi abathathu baseBelgium bafaka umsebenzi omusha kule phrojekthi ngemuva kokufa kukaSzuzalski ngonyaka ka-2000. Bafaka iDaert Desert: IVenus yaseNevada , isithombe esiqoshiwe se-block by Hugo Heyrman, i- Tribute kuya eShorty Harris , kaFred Bervoets kanye ne-female-carved version U-Icarus nguDre Peters kanye nabanye abaningana.

I-museum yinhlangano engenzi inzuzo futhi ilungu le-Alliance of Artists Communities. I-Red Barn yeMyuziyamu yindawo yomkhosi wobuciko obizwa nge-Tarantella ka-Albert, okwenziwa ngonyaka ka-Okthoba.

Ukungena emnyuziyamu kukhululekile, futhi kuvulwe amahora angu-24 ngosuku, izinsuku eziyisikhombisa ngesonto.